These NC players & coaches are in the Super Bowl. Do their families get free tickets?
North Carolina is well represented in this year’s Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
There are at least seven athletes with North Carolina connections playing in the big game, according to Census data. Five players (and two coaches) were born in the Tar Heel state, and others were college stars.
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Super Bowl players from North Carolina
For the Philadelphia Eagles:
- Jordan Davis was born in Charlotte and started making headlines at Mallard Creek High School in 2014.
- Landon Dickerson was born in Hickory.
- Will Shipley was born in Weddington.
Eagles coach Jeremiah Washburn is from Shelby. He was a standout player at Shelby High School and plans to keep his North Carolina roots close at the Super Bowl.
Other coaches, Joe Kasper and Eric Dickerson, spent three years coaching Duke University football.
For the Kansas City Chiefs:
- Fayetteville native Joshua Williams played for Fayetteville State.
- D.J. Humphries was born in Durham.
- Noah Gray played for Duke.
- Joe Thuney and Dave Merritt played for North Carolina State.
Offensive assistant Kevin Saxton is from Monroe and played for Appalachian State University.
Do Super Bowl players/coaches have to buy tickets?
Chiefs and Eagles players and coaches each get two free tickets to the Super Bowl, NJ.com reported.
If players want to buy additional tickets, they can get a limited number at face value. The NFL does not release the price for face value tickets anymore, but the last time the league did, the lowest price was $950, according to Yahoo Sports in 2018.
For even more tickets, players will have to check out resale sites like everyone else.
How much are Super Bowl tickets?
Face value tickets are scarcely available, but they start at $950 and range up to $3,250 a ticket to sit in the 500 and 600 level, The Athletic reported. Club seats in the 100 level are priced at $7,500 per ticket.
On StubHub, non-suite resale tickets start around $2,700, as of Friday, Feb. 7.
Reporting by Steve Wiseman, Anna Laible and Maya Waid contributed to this story.
This story was originally published February 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM.
